Simon VOUET, Allegory of Prudence [Allégorie de la Prudence] c.1645
Simon VOUET, Allegory of Prudence [Allégorie de la Prudence] c.1645
Simon Vouet’s Allegory of Prudence is one of the Musée Fabre’s most significant paintings. It is remarkable as much for ... Read more
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Jean Louis DEMARNE, A Ferry and Boats on a Canal [Bac et barques sur un canal] c.1800-1815,
Jean Louis DEMARNE, A Ferry and Boats on a Canal [Bac et barques sur un canal] c.1800-1815,
Jean-Louis Demarne’s career was not that of a powerful Academician. He was instead a painter who actively sought out and... Read more
26 Nov 2007
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Léon BENOUVILLE, The Wrath of Achilles [La colère d'Achille] 1847
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Léon-François Bénouville's splendidly modelled figure of Achilles intrudes into the space of the viewer. He literally st... Read more
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Sébastien BOURDON, The Lamentation [Déploration sur le Christ mort] c. 1665-1670
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Nicolas POUSSIN, Venus and Adonis [Vénus et Adonis] c.1626
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Nicolas Poussin is one of France’s greatest painters. Venus and Adonis is an important example of the mythologies he pai... Read more
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Jacques-Louis DAVID, Portrait of Alphonse Leroy [Portrait d’Alphonse Leroy] c.1783
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François-Xavier FABRE, The Death of Narcissus [La mort de Narcisse] 1814
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Louis GAUFFIER, Vallombrosa and the Arno Valley Seen from the Paradisino [Le couvent de Vallombrosa et le val d’Arno vus du Paradisino] 1796
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Alexandre CABANEL, Albaydé 1848
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Noël HALLÉ, Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi [Cornélie mère des Gracques] 1779
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